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Yeah, and we got beat by two of them!!

I'm sure he's not forcing EJ on anybody. But if the chatter is true that he speaks of him in glowing terms, that would be enough to scare off a coach who is wary of potential future conflicts.

That will be an issue for any potential coach, especially if Whaley is speaking "glowingly" about EJ. I can't see many coaches wanting to be saddled with a, as to now, bust for a starting qb favored by the GM.

Yeah, that one pick will trump the fact that the Bills have one of the top defenses in the league.

Ha ha!! With his inept o-line this past season, who would entrust him with their offensive line??

I hear that marrone stormed out of a room when he heard this news.

How about just reporting on the multiple scandals of the current administration?? Yeah, I didn't think so. You are one of the dwindling few who still believe the NYT has journalistic standards simply because you share their views.

I'll bet they had a conference call with the ESPN Sports Science guy whose calculations said that EJ had great accuracy and was a budding superstar. I tend to place the blame on Nix who said he was going to find a "franchise qb" before he left. It's like a guy going out for the night and saying he's gonna find his dream girl. It's around 2 am and he turns to the fat girl at the end of the bar and convinces himself that she looks awfully pretty.

I foresee a bidding war!!

Schefter is on NFL channel on Sirius, says there would be a great demand for him with all the hc openings. Says it's not a foregone conclusion that he doesn't opt out. It is speculation, but I wish we could be so lucky.

Players are adjusting and going low as Reggie Nelson's did to Le'veon Bell last night. This is really getting stupid.

Marrone has had little to do with the defense except for naming a defensive coordinator. Any football fan could have told you that Pettine and Schwartz were good defensive coaches. Marrone is the de facto offensive coordinator and also had a hand in the debacle that was drafting Manuel in the first round. As for the offensive line troubles, Marrone benched an experienced left guard in Urbik in favor of starting a rookie, thus destroying any continuity the line had from last season. For his role, Marrone led the 29th best offense in the league. Congrats.

Hackett needs to be demoted to quality control. Play calling needs to be taken from Marrone and put in the hands of a real OC.

Russ is the straw dog in this debate. He had Ralph's trust and played an important role as a firewall between the football people and Ralph. He convinced Ralph to go along with good decisions such as the Mario Williams signing and deferred to the football people to make decisions concerning the draft, personnel, etc. That being said, I believe he should stay, but be involved only in the marketing side of things. As for Polian, second acts never seem to work out. Polian is a very polarizing type which may cause problems with Whaley and the things that ARE going right with the organization.

The ONLY common denominator over the past fifteen years of the franchise has been Ralph. He has had the last word (and oftentimes the first) on every significant decision made by the franchise. The fact that Wilson and his parasites are no longer involved with the Bills organization gives me hope for the future.

How about, "Don't confuse effort with results." We're not, Dougie!!

As a buckeye fan, I'm all for it!!!

How about MarK Sanchez. He's on a one year contract with Philly. He's far from great, but would be an upgrade over Orton.

I believe Moroone when he says he didn't realize his best pass rusher was out for most of the second half. He was mic'd up against KC and he sounds like a complete imbecile. After Brown's fumble out of the end zone, he said "Er, uh, we ust lost seven points, right...right?" I digress. Moroone spends all his time working with Hackoff in developing the brilliant offensive game plans and play calling we see on Sundays and has NOTHING to do with the defense. That explains Hackoff's arrogance about his offensive prowess (if the HC is ur buddy and you work with him every week on the offense, why worry???).

I hate to rain on this parade, but history shows that all this optimism is a good indicator that the Bills will respond with a big let down. Our pass defense has looked great against teams with qb's with accuracy issues. Many of our int's have been the result of errant passes and not great coverage. I'm afraid that i see Manning carving up our D. Even if our D were to play well and Manning struggles, Marone's dysfunctional offense will founder against a very good Denver defense. Denver will win comfortably. Hope I'm wrong.

Bring leather helmets back. Seriously, they won't be able to use them as weapons.Players would have to go back to fundamental blocking and tackling.

Orton needs to grow back his pornstache and neck beard!! http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/11/22/research-shows-beards-may-have-impact-on-nfl-performance/

That's why I feel hopeless about this team. On the Miami blitzes, we had no answer...nothing!! It was almost as if we surrendered the plays. Hackett/Marrone had no answers. Am I right or was it Orton's fault for not checking out of the play?? Either way...hopeless!!

Don't forget, EJ's benching had as much to do with keeping our wr's healthy. He was hanging them out to dry. Watkins quit on a limp wristed throw cause he knew he was gonna get killed to gain 5 yards on a 3rd and 15. Woods was every bit as disgusted.